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Comments on MetaFilter post It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life, for lipdubbingFri, 15 Jul 2011 10:07:13 -0800Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:07:13 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life, for lipdubbinghttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ7-n930zJo">"Feeling Good" lipdub</a>, by a cast of senior citizens (<a href="http://metachat.org/index.php/2011/07/14/lipdub_why_in_my_day_we_could_lipdub_wit">via MetaChat</a>) <br /><br />Previous lip dub posts: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/85528/Ce-soir-sera-une-bonne-soire">mega lip dub post</a>; <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/87455/French-politics-lip-dub">French political lip dub</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/87491/Its-not-going-down-well">company lip dubs</a>; <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/87610/The-Gautlent-Has-Been-Dropped">school rivalry in lip dubs</a>; and <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/103978/Grand-Rapids-to-Newsweek-We-Aint-Dying">Grand Rapids, Michigan lip dub</a>post:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:00:49 -0800filthy light thieflipdublipdubseniorcitizensGrandRapidsMichiganBy: philcliffhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815704
Grand Rapids loves lipdubs more than anybody.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815704Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:07:13 -0800philcliffBy: davidnghttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815712
This, quite frankly, is awesome.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815712Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:09:52 -0800davidngBy: PhoBWanKenobihttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815735
Okay, that was really, really awesome. And I thought I was burned out on these.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815735Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:16:43 -0800PhoBWanKenobiBy: spec80http://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815737
I love this too much.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815737Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:17:30 -0800spec80By: honeydewhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815758
That's really, really great.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815758Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:27:45 -0800honeydewBy: msconducthttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815793
delightful. i hope i'm lucky enough to find someplace where i can have that much fun when i put myself out to pasture. <small>yes. i'm serious.</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815793Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:42:48 -0800msconductBy: tomswifthttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815806
Those hipster/college student lip dubs (which I typically stop watching after about 30 seconds) can all go away now, 'cuz they don't hold a candle to this!comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815806Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:50:06 -0800tomswiftBy: Mike Mongohttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815814
<strike>Polident</strike> Permagrin!comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815814Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:53:39 -0800Mike MongoBy: Tomorrowfulhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815837
Guys? I think the Internet is over now. I think they just won.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815837Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:03:23 -0800TomorrowfulBy: Georginahttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815861
Utterly charming. You get down with your bad selves, Clark Retirement Community.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815861Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:20:10 -0800GeorginaBy: Rangeboyhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815878
I totally want to be the guy smoking a pipe in the hot tub when I'm 80 years old.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815878Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:30:56 -0800RangeboyBy: PeterMcDermotthttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815888
Too much money spent on it. It's gotta be viral marketing for the old folks home, with the residents suckered into being unpaid marketers.
That said, when I'm on the Depends myself, I'd be happy to be in a place where the residents look like they're having so much fun.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815888Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:38:34 -0800PeterMcDermottBy: phearlezhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815891
Actually, Rangeboy, that guy's one of the orderlies. He's just been in the tub a long time.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815891Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:39:33 -0800phearlezBy: smilingtigerhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815897
I love this, and I love being reminded on occasion that I'm not (always) a jaded old cynic. Thank you!!comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815897Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:44:12 -0800smilingtigerBy: phearlezhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815904
I don't think a lot of money was spent on it. At least not solely on it.
<em>World's first-ever senior citizen LipDub! Residents from Clark Retirement Community in Grand Rapids, Michigan team up with Grand Valley State University Film &amp; Video Production students, alumni, and professors to create this sassy video to the jazzy-sweet contemporary crooning of Michael Bublé.</em>
Presumably the community and the university brought a lot of decorations &amp; props that were already owned and the uni had the production equipment. I assume a lot of clothing was already owned by the residents.
Certainly they might have spent $1000 on it, but there's dozens of residents in the video. Based on what I know about these homes from friends who work in/manage them there's entertainment/activity budgets that might be spent on something like this.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815904Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:47:46 -0800phearlezBy: phearlezhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815918
I went back and counted in the credits. There's 102 residents in that video. Even assuming no money was spent/donated by the uni staff you could still spend $10 per resident out of the entertainment budget and be over $1000. And since I'm sure this involved at least a day with them that's not a bad expenditure.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815918Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:53:37 -0800phearlezBy: Cranberryhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815946
<em>delightful. i hope i'm lucky enough to find someplace where i can have that much fun when i put myself out to pasture. yes. i'm serious.
posted by msconduct at 10:42 AM</em>
You have two avenues toward decent retirement years: save a lot of your large salary from your working years, or immediately take out retirement insurance while you are still young and can walk without tottering, and remember at least 5 of 10 objects read off by the insurance screener.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815946Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:06:32 -0800CranberryBy: Augenblickhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3815976
This may be what the internet is for. Excellent.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3815976Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:21:32 -0800AugenblickBy: carterhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816000
Fantastic, and unexpectedly great in places.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816000Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:28:24 -0800carterBy: PeterMcDermotthttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816038
<em>Presumably the community and the university brought a lot of decorations &amp; props that were already owned and the uni had the production equipment. I assume a lot of clothing was already owned by the residents.</em>
Thanks, phearlez, I stand corrected.
In that case, that old folks home looks utterly fantastic. Not that I'll ever be able to afford such luxury in my dotage, but if I could, I'd be putting my name down now to be sure of a place.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816038Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:37:27 -0800PeterMcDermottBy: thinkpiecehttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816071
Needs more Jack Torrance saying, "Hello, Lloyd."comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816071Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:47:48 -0800thinkpieceBy: filthy light thiefhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816101
I haven't looked for more on this video until now, but it seems there is already a lot of coverage of it, from <a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/#43739319">The Today Show</a> to <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/07/13/137815381/need-a-lift-check-out-michigan-retirement-home-residents-lipdub">NPR</a>. <a href="http://www.gvsu.edu/gvnow/index.htm?articleId=69200968-ED2F-57B8-F9200A55864F437F">Grand Valley State University has a bit more on the video production</a> (the school <a href="http://www.gvsu.edu/lipdub/">performed its own lipdub</a> as part of the <a href="http://universitylipdub.com/">university lipdub project</a>). The talents of GVSU faculty, students and alumni were used to make the new video, with the video production crew consisting of many current students and recent graduates of Grand Valley's Film &amp; Video Program in the School of Communications. Sure, it's part promotion for the facilities, but there were over 100 residents used, who looked like they had a lot of fun (and made fun of common notions about old age).comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816101Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:58:26 -0800filthy light thiefBy: Navelgazerhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816202
This is so very very awesome and I don't want to pick nits but I just have the one teensy little issue of
<strong>WHY IN THE NINE HELLS WOULD YOU EVER USE MICHAEL BUBLE'S VERSION INSTEAD OF NINA SIMONE'S, WHICH IS INFINITELY BETTER?! WHY?! ANSWER ME!</strong>
That's all. Because this rocks aside from that.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816202Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:34:21 -0800NavelgazerBy: bonefishhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816307
I'll <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816202">answer</a>: they don't know any better.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816307Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:18:28 -0800bonefishBy: darkstarhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816336
Hahah...fun and awesome!
Bit o' Trivia: Nina Simone's version of "Feelin' Good" is what I've asked in my Will that they play at my funeral. :)comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816336Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:32:05 -0800darkstarBy: MelanieLhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816361
This made me tear up, I liked it so much!comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816361Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:49:52 -0800MelanieLBy: dobbshttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816499
Loved the video, but... there are so many amazing versions of this song and they went with the <em>only one</em> I've ever heard that has absolutely no soul. Horrible.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816499Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:09:08 -0800dobbsBy: puddingheadhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816558
They must have a hell of a rec program. Reserve me a suite.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816558Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:37:41 -0800puddingheadBy: etc.http://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816742
Too lazy to do a reverse lip dub? Slackers.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816742Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:05:26 -0800etc.By: LobsterMittenhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816847
That was fun, thanks for posting it.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816847Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:43:05 -0800LobsterMittenBy: ShutterBunhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3816966
Is it OK for us to gently laugh at (with?) the shaky guy with the tray of prune juice? Cuz that was pretty darn amusing. Good for these folks.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3816966Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:30:46 -0800ShutterBunBy: dehttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3817001
<small>must be something wrong with me.</small>
these USians? they're in deep debt?comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3817001Sat, 16 Jul 2011 01:35:14 -0800deBy: filthy light thiefhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3817157
<b>ShutterBun</b> - yes, they're mocking some of the cliches of old age (those were supposed to be prune juice cocktails).
<b>de</b> - not everyone is impacted by national economic downturn the same way, and things are getting better in some places.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3817157Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:12:44 -0800filthy light thiefBy: Cold Lurkeyhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3817382
Dateline: Yesterday.
I watched a bit of this video yesterday afternoon. Couldn't get past the music despite the elderly's charm.
5 hours later, sitting in the shade at Pitchfork, there's a dude with a
<em>Clark Retirement Community</em>
<strong>LIPDUB</strong>
t-shirt sitting 15 feet away.
I almost went up to him and told him that I'd watched that video just hours previously, and yeah it was cute but the song (which I couldn't remember at the time) was terrible... but the internet-reality disconnect-frission was filling me with unease. So I refrained.
Minutes later when he turns to get around I see it's got <strong>CREW</strong> on the back.
So thanks metafilter, for introducing me to Battles (which is why I was at Pitchfork) and making sure I understand even the most seemingly obscure t-shirts.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3817382Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:21:49 -0800Cold LurkeyBy: mdonleyhttp://www.metafilter.com/105572/Its-a-new-dawn-its-a-new-day-its-a-new-life-for-lipdubbing#3817762
Amazing, except for 2:54: "Ice cream served afternoons only." :(comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105572-3817762Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:27:34 -0800mdonley